SENEGAL – An incredible case. A police officer on duty at the central police station of Tambacounda has been arrested. According to L’Observateur, he is accused of having stolen two sealed motorbikes belonging to individuals who had had a run-in with the law. The case dates back to last Friday […]
The Minister of the Interior of Senegal Antoine Diome has disclosed reasons why opposition leader Ousman Sonko’s lawyer Juan Branco, a French-Spanish, was denied entry into Senegal upon his arrival at the Blaise Diagne International Airport in Dakar on Thursday. “Indeed, Mr. Branco had published, before his arrival at the […]
The case of Lawyer Melville Robertson Roberts against the Attorney General, 1st Respondent and the Inspector General of Police (IGP), 2nd Respondent has on 16th March 2023 resumed at the High Court in Brikama. Although the case could not proceed last week, it was adjourned to 27th April 2023 at […]
A member of Ousman Sonko’s Defence team Juan Branco, a French-Spanish lawyer was once accused of rape, LTN has learnt. Juan Branco was in 2021 indicted for “rape” by a Parisian examining magistrate. A 20-year-old lady had filed a handrail at the police station of the 14th arrondissement of Paris […]